Roti & Chai

I think I’m going to like this place. Popped in today for a spicy chai to take away and warm my cockles as I ran some errands round a bitterly cold Partick. The place smells amazing and the décor is that perfect mix of quirky, shabby and bonkers that makes you feel like you are round at your pal’s house. What’s with the Van Gough obsession?
The wee guy that runs it went off to make my chai from fresh, and apologised that it could take up to 5 mins as it had to brew properly. I like that it was made fresh, and wasn’t just in a big vat, constantly re-​heated and over-​stewed. I had a wee look at the menu while my chai was being brewed. Looks good, and there are some reassuringly unusual dishes like mutton shaadi spinach and chickpea barsat. They don’t have any menus to take away and peruse unfortunately.
My chai was lovely. Not the spiciest I’ve ever had but hot and sweet and delicately flavoured. I will definitely be back to try the food soon — if the smells and the chai are anything to go by, I’ll be in for a treat.

My wife and I spent a day in Glasgow’s west end today, after making a small detour, we came across this little hidden gem. Always a fan of Chai and Curries, this cosy café was a delight to be hold. Genuine Pakistani food served with authentic warming Chai, a perfect combination. I chose the vegetarian option with Roti, when my wife went for a lamb curry, both of us chose to wash it down with a mug of Chai. At £6.50 each for a lunch time deal it was well worth it. Thoroughly enjoyed and will be making another visit again in the near future.
The photographs are mine, I hope this gives you an extra taste to visit soon.

My partner had spotted Roti & Chai just recently and we decided we would take a walk past and look at the menu as Chillies failed us this evening and had no saag paneer left :(. Some great looking dishes at very reasonable prices were found on Roti & Chai’s menu so we decided to just go for it.
It felt really unusual sitting on a couch and we received the standard café style laminated menus. Our order was one roti, steamed rice, half a red lentil dahl and channa (something or other) with me getting my favourite saag paneer.
For £18 including a chai and a can of Irn Bru I can’t argue with the price at all. The food was delicious very delicate flavours with just the right amount of heat where required.
The owner came out to chat to us I noticed he was sporting a bag of frozen okra on his hand. He explained he had burnt himself while making my paneer and I should feel guilty. He had a great dry sense of humour and we had a good laugh about a few things.
Lovely staff great food I will be back!

Tiny place, tasty food!
Laid back, casual place with ‘interesting’ décor and only a couple of tables, serving up ‘the healthiest food in the world… probably’ according to their menu.
Went here for dinner tonight and it was really good — the dishes were light and clean tasting, and inexpensive too (full size dishes are around the £5.50 mark and generously sized half portions are priced £3−4, sundries are reasonably priced at £1 for a wholemeal roti and £1.50 for a large portion of rice).
Will visit again to try some of the other tasty-​sounding options! The chunky aubergine pakora looked great.

I waited a good couple of days as this was after a terrible day for me food wise, so take this with a small pinch of context, that context being that instead of going to get lunch at the lovely Max’s in queen st, I went and had an unbelievably mediocre one at ichiban instead. then instead of stopping at that, I thought I’d get a coffee to go from the zebra café, given that it was advertising artisan roast coffee. unfortunately, like the defunct laurie’s before it, it appears they didn’t get trained how to brew it. I literally threw it in the bin after leaving the café and taking one sip.
anyway, enough grumpiness, I thought I’d round off the day by trying the newly opened roti and chai, run by the same guy that ran the Pakistani café, and another joint that didn’t last too long on the corner of doom, the owner is known to be an interesting character. after a fairly long wait to open, apparently due to the decorating being done, and leaving what looked like an interesting menu outside to provoke intrigue, it opened to minimal fanfare.
the size and style of the place is just right, attempting to replicate old style asian café joints but with a healthy angle. unfortunately the food doesn’t seem to be up to the task, the chicken in my dish was dry and flavourless, though the freshly made drink wasn’t bad. the man himself seems to be a bit on the grumpy side, but then I suppose that’s the pot calling the kettle black. there is much better than this in glasgow, and it’s a shame that folk aren’t aware of the quality and more interesting stuff out there.